Maria Mikhailovna Dobrolyubova ( 1880 - 1906 ) - teacher , sister of mercy , revolutionary , sister of the poet Alexander Dobrolyubov .
| Maria Mikhailovna Dobrolyubova | |
|---|---|
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| Date of Birth | 1880 |
| Date of death | December 11, 1906 |
| A place of death | St. Petersburg |
| Nationality |  Russian empire |
| Occupation | teacher , sister of mercy , revolutionary |
Biography
Girl singing in a church choir
About all the tired in a foreign land
About all the ships that went into the sea
For all those who have forgotten their joy.
Alexander Block , 1905
Maria Dobrolyubova was born in the family of M. A. Dobrolyubov, a relative of the famous Russian critic N. A. Dobrolyubov . M. A. Dobrolyubov served in Warsaw; after his death in 1892, the family moved to St. Petersburg .
In 1900 she graduated from the pedagogical classes of the Smolny Women's Institute . According to K. M. Azadovsky , it was precisely pedagogical activity that was its true vocation.
In 1903, she organized a school for poor children in St. Petersburg.
In 1901 - 1902 she attended the Religious and Philosophical Assembly in St. Petersburg, was fond of the works of the Symbolists, tried to write herself.
In 1904, she voluntarily went as a sister of mercy to the Russian-Japanese front.
In the spring of 1905 she returned to Petersburg and took up revolutionary activities, joining the socialist revolutionaries .
In 1906, she was engaged in the construction of canteens “on hunger” in the Tula province , in the same province she worked as a teacher and distributed proclamations and revolutionary literature.
September 2, 1906 was searched and arrested. Staged in Tula prison, released after two months.
Then, having received the consent of the leaders, she launched a terrorist attack, but did not find the strength to shoot. Staying in a mental crisis, December 11, 1906 in St. Petersburg shot herself in the mouth.
References in the literature
Her fate caused a number of responses in the metropolitan periodical. Left a mark in the creative biographies of A. Blok , L. Semenov, E. Ivanov , N. Klyuyev
About Masha Dobrolyubova. The leaders of the revolution listened to her unquestioningly, if she had not died otherwise - the course of the Russian revolution could have been different.
- Alexander Block . Diaries // Collected Works. - T. 7. - S. 115.
Literature
- Svyatlovsky G. E. Sister Dobrolyubova, Maria Mikhailovna // Russian writers. 1800-1917: Biographical Dictionary. - T. 2. - M.: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 1992. - S. 134-135.
- Proceedings of Russian and Slavic philology. - Tartu, 1977 .-- S. 109-146.
- Gerasimov Yu. K. On the environment of Blok // Blokovsky collection. - Tartu, 1964.
- A. Blok and the revolution of 1905. - Tartu, 1988 .-- S. 31-50.